Radio Taiwan International
Date: 23 August, 2019
By: Shirley Lin

Air pollution is worse in southern Taiwan[/caption] Lung cancer is a disease often associated with smoking. But not everyone getting the disease in Taiwan today smokes. Might Taiwan’s air quality be to blame?

A study by the National Health Research Institutes has found that smoking is not the main cause of lung cancer. The study has found that the number of people with lung cancer is correlated with air pollution.

About 53% of lung cancer patients in Taiwan today have never smoked. Other research conducted by Taipei Medical University has come up with a similar figure. The study results suggest that air pollution is to blame for these cases.    [FULL  STORY]